Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-07-26

he seoreted In the cellar of the old
house in Provincetown; but it will take
me comfortably there, and keep me
until can mature and carry out a
plan to get that treasure. For I'll have
it-by George, I'll have It'll You see,
/ know the Captains secret / suspect
ed something of tho kind there in
Provincetown, and l coaxed him to
take me on this voyage. that l might
discover his secret. What dye think
of me now?"
"You are devil" Crawford said.
THANK you. Take some more
water; want to keep you alive till l
can tell you what mean to do. You
are the man who came between me and
Helen Willis. Here you are, dying a
miserable death, while am going back
to gain the Captains treasure and win
his daughter. Ha-how does that pict-
ure strike youp"
"God will never permit such villainy
to triumph" Crawford said, family
but firmly. II tell you now. you will
be overtaken and punished. Helen
Willis is not for you!-not for you!
Dear Nellie! God help us bothl-but
she's not for your
"She's certainly not for your Hunter
retorted. He came close to Crawford.
he even knelt over him and glowered
upon him.
II did not finish telling you what l
meant to do. 1t will be convent ent,
and think prudent, for me to destroy
all the evidence of this little affair.
Dead men tell no tales, you know, and
think ! can tell story about it that
will be believed. 1 shall fire the vessel;
l shall destroy you and all of those
drunken beasts below that are still
alive. l shall wade ashore. reach Mas
sau some time tomorrow, take the
first steamer for New York, and the
rest is easy. So farewell, Mr.. Craw-.
fordl You'll begin to think you'd bet
ter died in Cuba.
He delayed no longer Taking up
his bags of gold, he hurried forward
and down into the hold He remained
ho come nm aoa;n Lc wan, ~ tho how
fastened rope about the bowsprit,
and let himself down into the water.
1t was hardly knee-deep. He waded |
ashore with his treasure under his |
arms He paused moment on the
~ w." " aS A. ~ o o.;d az" ~ In ~ .n
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TIL SoN' P'Ali'.y ueA e, w
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al h;oha,. II ,hn hoayons Al wos nro-
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rivad Inv tha vste, no wos s,ili too
veal 70 r;so or even elf nm He Law
thns or;o,1v. he avns ah how oxon;.
s;to = do 1,ool,o,.r 81 o;,cnn,stoncosi
t;wed on tbn North Star
He could NOT measure time. IN tbe
60 onI ,noo,;noss - III ar.f,I s;tno
t;on On borr m;rbt havo heon a weeI
Th;s mon r,es oast ~ on horo;c
mold. IN him wore Tho Hood and tbe
neyve 70 norforr onv rreat action that
occasion brougbt in HE wov
So ho was NOT ono 70 desna;r Ho
had never desnoirod bowever annor.
,,,I,, Looolos, H. .;,,,at;,,I poiho,,s
he came nearer 10 II fiat niobt than
ove, hofora
For while be law there among tho
dood ohandonod 70 norisb with
aching wounds and s,repgtb drained
away he became conscious of n strong
smell, of smoke.
Soon the punoent scent of b6rninq
tobacco was plainly to be perceived.
A thread of smoke assembled from.